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204 pages : 23 cm
"A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten 'relocation centers', hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. What is American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do?"--
"A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten 'relocation centers', hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. What is American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do?"--
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February 16, 2023
Subject: Digest our Shame
Subject: Digest our Shame
This is an accessible, detailed and thoughtful presentation of the realities of the internment of Japanese-descent residents and citizens of the U.S. during the period after Pearl Harbor. While this could be bitter and full of spite, it is an honest account that deserves reading, and sharing.
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November 15, 2022
Subject: Great Read!
Subject: Great Read!
I would recommend this book to someone wanting more information on an Internment Camp from a survivor's perspective (Mr. Takei to be exact.)
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September 6, 2022
Subject: Enjoyable and informative
Subject: Enjoyable and informative
Nicely done in graphic format, an easy read that compels much deeper thought.
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August 24, 2020
Subject: Read it!
Subject: Read it!
VERY good book, more of a simple comic style, pleases my eyes. Very good plot and very educational and intresting.
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